Cedarburg
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Location in Wisconsin
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1843 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wisconsin | ||
| County : | Ozaukee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 17 ′ N , 87 ° 59 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
10,908 (status: 2000) 1,751,316 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,136.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 9.6 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) of which 9.6 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 239 m | ||
| Postal code : | 53012 | ||
| Area code : | +1 262 | ||
| FIPS : | 55-13375 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1562869 | ||
| Website : | www.town.cedarburg.wi.us | ||
| Mayor : | Gregory Myers | ||
 In the historic city center |
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Cedarburg is a city on the shores of Lake Michigan in Ozaukee County in the southeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Wisconsin . In 2000 Cedarburg had 10,908 residents.
Cedarburg is part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area .
The city is particularly known for its historic city center , which has not been changed since the 19th century, and for wine and cheese production.
history
In the early 1840s, immigrants from Germany and Ireland were the first to settle on the Cedar Creek River in what would later become Cedarburg. In 1844 the first flour mill was built. More mills were built along the river in the following years and with the connection to the railroad in 1870 the town continued to grow. In 1885 it had 1500 residents and was incorporated into Ozaukee County .
In the mid-1980s, part of downtown Cedarburg with more than 100 historic buildings was entered on the National Register of Historic Places .
Others
In 2000 and 2001, Cedarburg was among other things the location for the film Novocaine - Tooth for a Tooth . The Cedarburg High School maintains a school exchange with the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Hilden in the city of the same name Hilden near Düsseldorf in the Rhineland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About Cedarburg. (No longer available online.) Www.cedarburg.org, archived from the original on April 14, 2009 ; accessed on March 25, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
